Embers

Basically I couldn't figure out if this one guy actually like me-- I kinda liked him, but he was sending me mixed signals, and I tried to forget about him and I never could. The slightest things in my daily life would be constant, nagging reminders of him, like unwanted whispers...

You’re like a flame Seeing you warmed my heart But lately you’ve been swaying To and fro in the wind of my life You went out a few times Through the embers you left Still burn in my mind Like little wisps Until you rekindle Once again, in the forefront of my thoughts Sometimes I’m unsure If you even want to be here Your enticing smell has left you And you’ve become ordinary Perhaps I’m ready to look For something new Something consistent and The impossible—merely a dream Because the embers you left Cannot be extinguished

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